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Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia by Timothy Frye
RRP: £17.99£14.06Looking beyond Putin to understand how today's Russia actually worksMedia and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a direct reflection of Vladimir Putin's seeming omnipotence or Russia's unique history and culture. Yet Russia is... -
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability by Yanis Varoufakis
RRP: £10.99£7.77**THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** The most recognisable economist on the... -
The Two-state Delusion: Israel and Palestine - A Tale of Two Narratives by Padraig O'Malley
RRP: £17.99£12.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143129172Author Padraig O'MalleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Kremlin School of Negotiation by Igor Ryzov
RRP: £14.99£9.80Negotiating is something that we all do, whether at work or at home. But what if we come across someone who just won't give in? How can we defend ourselves against manipulation? And how do we say 'no' without compromising a deal?Legend has it that the... -
The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism by Keyu Jin
RRP: £20.00£13.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984878281Author Keyu JinFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult -
The Social Distance Between Us: How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain by Darren McGarvey 9781529104080
RRP: £20.00£14.69*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times'This is McGarvey at his best' - Observer'Breaks your heart and boils your blood' - Big IssueIf all the best people are in all... -
The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen 9781783784028
RRP: £10.99£7.32In The Future is History Masha Gessen follows the lives of four Russians, born as the Soviet Union crumbled, at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children or grandchildren of the very... -
Covid-19 in South, West, and Southeast Asia: Risk and Response in the Early Phase by Mohd Mizan Aslam 9781032272238
RRP: £125.00£107.86Aslam and Gunaratna bring together a broad analysis of the responses of states in Asia to the threats presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in its early phase.While the impact of the pandemic has undoubtedly been disastrous, it has also taught many lessons... -
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg
RRP: £16.99£12.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525564638Author Andy GreenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
European Politics: A Comparative Introduction by Tim Bale
RRP: £37.99£34.73A fully revised fourth edition of a popular introduction to the comparative politics of Europe, written by a highly respected authority on the subject. This lively and thematically organised text provides an accessible guide to the institutions and the... -
Where's Boris? by Various
RRP: £7.99£5.92Search for Boris Johnson in this eye-boggling illustrated adventure!Greetings citizens! Can you spot Boris?In an array of crowded scenes, from zip wires and bikes to Beijing and the Bullingdon Club, search for Boris amongst the masses. Anyone for... -
How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future by Miguel Centeno
RRP: £29.99£27.04As our society confronts the impacts of globalization and global systemic risks-such as financial contagion, climate change, and epidemics-what can studies of the past tell us about our present and future? How Worlds Collapse offers case studies of... -
China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Planet on the Brink by Yifei Li 9781509543120
RRP: £15.99£14.41What does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the world's most durable authoritarian governance systems pursues "ecological civilization"? Despite its staggering pollution and colossal appetite for resources, China exemplifies a model of... -
The Indian Ideology by Perry Anderson
RRP: £16.99£11.47The historiography of modern India is largely a pageant of presumed virtues: harmonious territorial unity, religious impartiality, the miraculous survival of electoral norms in the world's most populous democracy. Even critics of injustices within Indian... -
Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War by Martin Sixsmith 9781399409865
RRP: £25.00£17.62An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet... -
Time and Power in Azraq Refugee Camp: A Nine-To-Five Emergency by Melissa Gatter
RRP: £50.00£40.71The politics and governance of Jordan's Azraq camp for Syrian refugeesAzraq refugee camp, built in 2014 and host to forty thousand refugees, is one of two official humanitarian refugee camps for Syrian refugees in Jordan. Time and Power in Azraq Refugee... -
The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Rian Malan
RRP: £9.99£6.70For Rian Malan, the blessing of living in South Africa is that every day presents him with material whose richness astounds those who live in saner places. Twenty years after the publication of his bestseller My Traitor's Heart, he is still strongly... -
How Did We End Up Here?: Unpublished Letters to the Daily Telegraph: Volume 15 by Kate Moore 9780711291225
RRP: £9.99£7.20In another surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers to The Daily Telegraph have once again provided their refreshing and witty take on events. Now in its... -
The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World by Paul Morland
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Superbly explained' Washington Post'Fascinating' Sunday Times'Engrossing' Evening StandardEvery phase since the advent of the industrial revolution - from the fate of the British Empire, to the global challenges from Germany, Japan and Russia, to... -
Collusion: How Russia Helped Trump Win the White House by Luke Harding
RRP: £12.99£8.56**Pre-order INVASION: RUSSIA'S BLOODY WAR AND UKRAINE'S FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL now**#1 New York Times Bestseller'It's a superb piece of work, wonderfully done and essential reading for anyone who cares for his country. Amazing research and brilliantly... -
Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazali and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm by Shoaib Ahmed Malik
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book attempts to equip the reader with a holistic and accessible account of Islam and evolution. It guides the reader through the different variables that have played a part in the ongoing dialogue between Muslim creationists and evolutionists. This... -
Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins by Max Gallien 9780231212892
RRP: £30.00£22.82Smuggling is typically thought of as furtive and hidden, taking place under the radar and beyond the reach of the state. But in many cases, governments tacitly permit illicit cross-border commerce, or even devise informal arrangements to regulate it... -
A Secret History of the IRA by Ed Moloney
RRP: £18.99£13.61For decades the British and Irish had 'got used to' a situation without parallel in Europe: a cold, ferocious, persistent campaign of bombing and terror of extraordinary duration and inventiveness. At the heart of that campaign lies one man: GerryAdams... -
Brazil: A Biography by Heloisa M. Starling
RRP: £19.99£14.28Shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize for the Best Brazilian Book Published Abroad'Engrossing ... eye-opening ... an enormously refreshing treat' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesSince Europeans first reached Brazil in 1500 it has been an unfailing source of... -
Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline by Darrell Bricker
RRP: £12.99£8.60**A SUNDAY TIMES MUST-READ**'Riveting and vitally important' - Steven Pinker'A gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change' - Anjana Ahuja, New StatesmanEmpty Planet offers a radical, provocative argument that the global population will... -
In China's Wake: How the Commodity Boom Transformed Development Strategies in the Global South by Nicholas Jepson 9780231187978
RRP: £25.00£19.18In the early 2000s, Chinese demand for imported commodities ballooned as the country continued its breakneck economic growth. Simultaneously, global markets in metals and fuels experienced a boom of unprecedented extent and duration. Meanwhile,... -
China's Change: The Greatest Show On Earth by Hugh Peyman 9789813231993
RRP: £35.00£30.95'Importantly, China's Change: The Greatest Show on Earth provides a welcome contrast to such fashionable pessimism ... demolishes a series of popular urban myths ... and a very convincing case he makes. This, to my mind, is a wholly original approach to... -
Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State by Jeff Halper 9780745343396
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Extremely convincing' - Electronic Intifada For decades we have spoken of the 'Israel-Palestine conflict', but what if our understanding of the issue has been wrong all along? This book explores how the concept of settler colonialism provides a... -
Pandemic Diaries: The inside story of Britain's battle against Covid by Matt Hancock
RRP: £25.00£17.46When Covid-19 swept the world, governments scrambled to protect their citizens and chart a course back to normality. As Health Secretary, Matt Hancock was at the forefront of Britain's battle against the virus, trying to steer the country through the... -
PRIVATE EYE Dr Hammond's Covid Casebook: The collected pandemic columns of Private Eye's medical correspondent "MD": 2021 by Phil Hammond 9781901784718
RRP: £9.99£7.11Throughout the coronavirus crisis, the fortnightly columns of Private Eye's Medical Correspondent 'MD', aka NHS doctor Phil Hammond, have been required reading. Astute, compassionate and scientifically literate, 'MD' has guided Eye readers through each... -
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction: A Socialist Introduction by Sumaya Awad 9781642592764
RRP: £16.99£11.67Palestine: A Socialist Introduction systematically tackles a number of important aspects of the Palestinian struggle for liberation, contextualizing it in an increasingly polarized world and offering a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be... -
The House of Islam: A Global History by Ed Husain
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A powerful corrective' Guardian 'This should be compulsory reading' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'For anyone interested in the future of Islam, both in Britain and the Islamic world, this is an important book' The Times The gulf... -
Clandestine In Chile by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590173404Author Gabriel Garcia MarquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
To End a Civil War: Norway's Peace Engagement with Sri Lanka by Mark Salter
RRP: £25.00£21.98Between 1983 and 2009 Sri Lanka was host to a bitter civil war fought between the Government and the Tamil Tigers, which sought the creation of an independent Tamil state. In May 2009 came the war's violent end with the crushing defeat of the Tamil... -
Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out by Ramzy Baroud 9781949762440
RRP: £21.99£20.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762440Author Ramzy BaroudFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm *... -
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg
RRP: £25.00£16.53'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT 'Deft and operatic' OBSERVER A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023 From one of South... -
Neither Gods nor Emperors: Students and the Struggle for Democracy in China by Craig Calhoun
RRP: £27.00£20.63"We want neither gods nor emperors", went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. Craig Calhoun, a sociologist who witnessed the... -
The Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650 by John Rees
£34.99The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings to life the men-including John Lilburne, Richard... -
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
RRP: £9.99£6.80The great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events of September 11th and the reasons behind Islamic terrorism in the modern world - a Sunday Times bestseller.President Bush has made it clear that we are engaged in a war against terrorism. But for... -
Global China as Method by Ivan Franceschini
RRP: £17.00£14.72Is China part of the world? Based on much of the political, media, and popular discourse in the West the answer is seemingly no. Even after four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be underpinned...